Neighborhoods

“Residents Fight for Electricity at Ridgecrest Condos”

By Prince Of Petworth

From a press release:

“Community leaders are gathering Saturday, Sept. 23rd to launch a campaign for Ridgecrest Condominiums in Washington, DC’s Ward 7. It was condemned last year and the low-income owners were issued an order to vacate due to the unsafe conditions. However, many of them are still unmoved.

Instead, the Ridgecrest residents continue to appeal to their Condominium Association and have resorted to fundraising above the cost of the condo fees they already pay, in order to contract the needed repairs themselves. (more…)

Today* in Hawks around Town – “Three-for-one day: Cooper’s hawks at the National Arboretum”

By Prince Of Petworth


photos by Brian Wee

Thanks to Brian for sending: “Attached are three photos showing the sequence of three Cooper’s hawks lining up for a flyby photographed Wednesday 2023-09-13 at the US National Arboretum. The photos capture a one second duration of a complex 15-plus minute long choreography of harassment between the hawks and a murder of more than 10 crows.” (more…)

Mushroom Store(?), Cap and Stem, coming to Sherman Ave

By Prince Of Petworth


2601 Sherman Avenue, NW

“Dear PoPville,

It looks like a new indoor plant store will be opening in Pleasant Plains on the corner of Euclid and Sherman. This space was previously City Corner Market. Signage for Cap and Stem went up this week and they seem to be making good progress on the interior, however, I wasn’t able to tune into on an opening date.

As an update, I walked past the store front again this morning and I think they may actually sell mushrooms? Not entirely clear…”

Another reader asks: (more…)

Early Morning Shooting on U Street

By Prince Of Petworth


via google maps

From MPD (sent around 3:30am):

“Alert: Shooting Investigation in the 1300 block of U Street N.W. Lookout for (3) black, males, wearing all black, each armed with handguns. Have Info? Call 202-727-9099 or Text 50411.”

Other shootings reported around the District: (more…)

“I cannot imagine what it would feel like to lose this amount of keys.”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I walked out of our row house yesterday in Kingman Park and found this huge rack of keys in the grass beside our driveway. The keys being there in the first place is somewhat strange because it would require someone walking about 10-15 feet into my yard and I haven’t had anyone over recently and the water meter is in the front of the house. Maybe someone tossed them into the yard from the alley, (more…)

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